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Patented dans UNIT FREDERICK W'. PPZNS, @El SELLER l., NEW GRK, ASSIGNO TO INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, 0F JERSEY CITYNEW JERSEY, .A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

RSSHEAD AND GUIDE.

. Application led Gctober 14, 1925. Serial No. 62,396.

This invention relates to cross heads and more particularly to that type adapted to be used at the connection of the piston and connecting rods of reciprocating engines.

An object of this inventionis to provide a cross head and guide assembly which may vbe readily adjusted for wear, and which has to provide a cross head assembly in which all the sliding surfaces are so located that they are continually submerged in a bath of Aoils and are therefore thoroughly lubricated at all times.

The invention will. be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a cross head and guide;

Figure 2 is a cross section taken along the line 2-2 looking in the direction ot the rows, and

Figure 3 is a view or ti and section of the lower cross head Referring to the drawings, 'one cross head comprises a casing having a guide formed integrally therewith upon which.

and a head D, into which a pis adapted to be screwed or othc 1s mounted on the slide mein instance, by means of the bolts the connecting rod H, a connecti ing provided therefor. llhe `tor of the head D are split and pro ic bolts K to clamp the pin G iirrnly i' tion.

The bearing part of the guide cave or trough shaped as shown in 2 and the lower face o3?.- the slide men is correspondingly convex or cylind The head D or supporting member for pin is provided with a piane horizontal i er surface L abutting plane face `ripper side oi 'the slide member proper elevation of the pin G nav tained by inserting or removing shims between the surfaces L and O. Thus, as the guide surfaces of the guide B and the slide member C wear, `the proper elevation of the pin C may still be obtainable.

vieans arev provided for preventing the slidevmembcr C from lifting from the guide B and also from rotating therein. To this end a guide plate P is provided which is i11- serted into the head D and the slide member C, and attached at its ends to the guide B, being spaced therefrom by blocks Q and held in place by means of suitable bolts or cap screws R. The guide plate P is provided with a plane lower surface P adapted to cooperate with the upper plane surface Sof .the slide member C. The proper clearance between the guide B and the slide C is obtainable by shims inserted between the ends ot' the guide plate P and the spacer bloclrs Q. When the slide member C or any of the wearing surfaces have been worn, looseness i or play may be taken out by removing shims ot the proper thickness from between the guide plate P and the spacer blocks Q.

The bearing box of the connecting rod adapted to cooperate with the pins G may be of any suitable form. As shown in ure l, the bearing boit is rectangular and is adapted to receive two bearing blocks T and U. One of the bearing blocks, as for instance U, slprovided with a beveled face T17 against wh'ich a sliding beveled key W is arranged to bear. A bolt X threaded in the key W tightens or loosens the bearing blocks 'C with respect to the pin G. A lock nut is adapted to hold the key W firmly in place.

addition to being clamped in the forked of the head by means or the bolts ne pin G is also held in place by a c head Z and a nut Z) and washer c. glitening the nut 2'), the forked ends of head B may be brought together somen t "o take out looseness or side play of i ...ring of the connecting rod H.

f claim:

cross head and guide construction comprising a guide having a concave cylindrical guiding surface. a cross head having slide member formed with a cylindrical wer bearing sur'q'tce and a plane upper `.ing surface, and a guide plate spaced pported on said g 'ele and paesieuh said cross head, f, d guide plate yving a plane lower surface tro cooperate with the upper bearing Surface of said slide member.

2. A cross head and guide construction comprising a guide having a, concave cylindrical guide surface, a cross head having a slide menlbei` foi'med with a convex lower bearing surface cooperative with Said guiding sui-face and a plane upper bearing surface, a reinforced guide plate spaced from and supported by Said guide and having a plane lower surface cooperating with the plane uppei` bearing surface on said slide member, said guide plate passing through said cross head.

A ccoas head and fuide construction comprising a guide ha a concave cylindrical guide surface, a cross head having a slide member' formed with a convex lower bearing surface cooperative with said guidthe ends of the guide plate and the guide. 30

In testimony ivhereof l have signed this specieation.

man anioi W. PARSONS. 

